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Merovingian Ninja

I couldn't tell from the sales page images but are there any weapons or pylons on the Armée de l'Air "Fennec" version? :ernae:

It looks great. Please considering making it available to others. I'm sure I'll fly it as well. :icon_lol:

Sorry I haven't read the entire thread but does anyone have any information on how the gear position indicators (set of three on left side of the panel) should look at various times? I know they say "UP" when the gear is retracted and they show stripes (barberpole?) other times. But is there a definite indication when the gear is in transition and when it is down and locked? Also when there is no electricity as in dark and cold startup? I'm talking about the real aircraft not so much what Alphasim might have done with their model although applying this info is the end goal. I don't have a copy of a pilot manual for the F-8 otherwise I'd dig in there. Any help is appreciated. :ernae:

I like to see the repaints but for some the purist anal rivet counter in me cringes. :icon_lol: But please keep them coming. The Mirage shape looks great in any skin. :ernae:

The ATC entries are one of the first things I check for and anytime a developer lets me preview or beta test for them I always make it work right on my copy, test it, and then give them the info on how to fix it along with examples of why they would want to do it. So far they all seem to appreciate the feedback and I smile when I find my changes incorporated in the released product. It's really quite simple to get it right. And of course my repaints get the full treatment. I may not get the right textures in the right package (M3B_CEAM for example, twice) but the right ATC bits get in there. :icon_lol: :ernae:

The top one looks to be the Mirage IIIC by Isra. The ones below are the IIIS (and backdated IIIS), again by Isra. The two-seaters are the AI models by Mike Pearson. :ernae:

Many thanks BC! Great little helo. Bill

Thanks for the heads up Francois! Good to hear. Bill

Awesome graphics and scenery.

I don't know if you can. As you said in your question it is an MDL file. That means it is a sim object, not a scenery object. Scenery, static things, are BGL format. But maybe there is a way? :ernae:

Excellent work as always. Thanks for sharing! :ernae:

Beautiful looking model. Good to hear it flies well by hand. Nice work, Carenado.

Just curious, why aren't you using Anti-Aliasing? You have a GTX 570 according to your signature. It makes FS look a thousand times better, even at low settings. Those "jaggies" would drive me absolutely insane after 5 seconds. :kilroy:

Awesome Work man! Brilliant riveting. You have some incredible patience.

I wish that guy wasnt in the way so I could see the details on that beauty behind him.

Thanks Ian! I'll probably get it tomorrow night, my Friday evening weekend present to myself. :)

Thanks guys. Just a humble poly bender. I really liked doing that Cessna. Great design by Mr. Cessna himself. His first entry into the industry on his own. Bill

Many thanks guys. Im only a humble poly bender. Thats all. Man, I had so many mis-spellings. sigh.... Hard to believe I had that many uploads.

The X-52 pro is average quality except the awful cable that connects the throttle to the joystick. The connection took less than a year to start going bad. The little mouse/cursor thing on it ended up bugging out all the time so I had to disable it. I ended up getting rid of the joystick and just using the throttle from it. I got a CH Products joystick to go along with it. I am very frustrated by the quality of consumer joysticks. CH Products makes the best consumer-grade stuff, though they go bad after a while too. For the price I can't say I would recommend it.

I had to pick this one up since they added flight planning in the G1000. I am impressed by the frame rate. I am holding steady at between 28 and 30 fps (locked at 30). Unfortunately the large MFD is not very high resolution. That's probably one of the reasons the FPS is so good. The torque/RPM relationship seems to be modeled fairly well. She climbs right by the numbers too. Only disappointment thus far is the sounds. But I guess that was to be expected when coming from such a superb turboprop simulation like the Q400... Not sure what Barfly means by no actual reverse. I was able to back her up and turn her around without pushback. Back to the flight!

Thanks for the new schemes! :ernae:

If you are talking about the effect of the AB then make sure the fuel pumps switches are on. (Item 3 on page 11). Look in the exhaust pipe at idle and then in AB. There is a lot of flame in there. Then look at the airspeed and fuel quantity gauges. The AB is working." If you are talking about a visual effect then there is an issue. I asked Restauravia about this. So there you have it. In the meantime perhaps try adopting the AB from the Skysim Mirage IIIE for night time.

Many thanks John. I didnt know that. Explains why the Tigermoth trainers were all yellow. I know very little of the WWII schemes and regulations. Thanks DVJ. It will not have floats though, nor scenery. This package will sport two versions of airframes; inline 6 Rangers and radial Warner Super Scarabs. No differences in panels aside from classic krinkle black to chipped up 'i need new paint' to restored, high quality wood laminants. All of the panels were pretty much the same, though they did have some slight variations, they were mostly all the same shape. The pacers however had 'alot' of changes and model versions. They actually had probably 5 versions of 'factory' panels, and they have kits now for updated modern version panels which I captured one in the 'bush' version of the Pacer. So, the Fairchild will not be as diverse as the Pacer in that there arent so many versions. And..... They will be able to shed their skirts off! (wheel pants. wheel cover things. aerodynamic landing gear shells). :S

Thanks Rick! Unfortunately, I have most all of them. Great planes and love the AVH stealth Helo. They need more planes! :)

I am close to getting this. Does anyone know if it runs in Prepar3D? Bill

I finally have the answer for you. The video by BeeGee is performed on the French Alps near the Mont Blanc, with a payware photo-realistic scenery of France VFR (Rhone-Alpes PhotoHD). I think someone else suggested that but it is now confirmed. Sorry that took so long. :ernae:

That was quick. I got an email from Andre in the middle of the night telling me it was now available to the public. I'm still downloading the paint kit and you've already got one finished. Oh wait, you're in the same time zone; eight hours jump. :applause: Looks geat in that lineup. ... After looking at the image some more let me change my comment. The Restauravia version is the camouflaged bird. The three bare metal IIIB's are the AI model by Mike Pearson. I can tell by the ladder he used in the front position. :ernae:

I want one of these... :mixedsmi: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/973129-REG/canon_5176b002_ef_200_400mm_f_4l_is.html

....are you going to release it? I've always wondered if the RoNAF SHU-16Bs were blue or grey (seems ALL of the pics are B&W!!!). Beautiful repaint.... Kent

Sadly it isn't. A rework based on canard equipped versions was started but got sidetracked when he was hired by Aerosoft to do some work for them. That will be finished in a couple months so hopefully he will get back on the Mirage and other projects. Restauravia have plans to make a IIIC and IIIE following the IIIB. :ernae:

Very soon. I've been given permission to say a few words on my website. http://www.mirage4fs.com/preview30.html :ernae:

My system is an Intel "Bayfield" motherboard with a "Intel Pentium 4, 3.06 GHz Processor with Hyper Threading Technology". I'm not sure what that equates to anymore because I got it about nine years ago when working for a company that had software that was being bring bundled with the Intel motherboard boxes. They gave us a few complete systems to test with and this one somehow ended up at my home when we were bought out. Weirdest thing. I also have 3GB RAM onboard and an NVIDIA GeForce 7600 SE. Still running WinXP Sp2 with FSX Acceleration. Bottom line it is nowadays a low end system for FSX that is challenged by some of the more recent aircraft releases. But it handles the Virtavia A-4 with no problems.

Yes they will -- I painted this one for Alphasim/Virtavia and can vouch that the texture mapping was identical in both FS9 and FSX. However, you will probably get better performance by converting them from BMP to DDS format unless the repainter did so already. My post-release Thud repaints include both FS9 and FSX format textures. http://www.mirage4fs.com/Alphasim/index.html#F-105 :ernae:

Thanks John for the info. Interesting to know that the mustard yellow belly on the Brittain version is authentic. I wonder why they had yellow? One that is going around actually looks like a Storch paint scheme, but has Allied markings. Reminds me in my younger days, a guy had a Stearman painted in WWI German markings... Why??? sigh...

Sweet! I wonder what in the world it does to do this?

Thanks guys. The interior of poor ole Blue Louise is not good. It hasnt been cleaned in probably 2 years, so you can imagine the buildup, dust, mud... Just not good. Maybe I should have it cleaned up a bit, have the pretzel bags taken out. The carpet probably isnt save-able... :S

Thanks Jan. Nice photo! I hadnt seen that one online in my searches for data. Yep. U-Boot hunters, helping to keep the coasts of America free of enemy subs. Thank the Lord the war is over.

Thanks guys. I have no idea. Its taken from an actual Argus that has this paint scheme. I changed one of the numbers in its tail Registry. I know very little of WWII markings, sadly. The second version Argus is on a Radial in a museum also. Very odd markings. The bullseyes are very small and located at the bottom of the parts and purpleish. Yes! Thanks Craig. 3DS Max is amazing....

Some more... This is poor ole 'Blue Louise'. She's had a rough time with the elements up around Alaska, parts of Canada and Northern Idaho. Her master is a bush pilot and maintenance has been scarce. A damaged rudder found a replacement from a yard from an older yellow Fairchild. Taylers air service was able to reskin the ripped up left aileron, and so far, the duct tape has kept the animal bite holes in the fabric from growing till proper patches can be applied. :S The Argus series of Fairchilds designed for Military work. Grunge needed. Note, landing gear skirts can be hidden as like on the Piper Pacer series.

Beautiful work, team!

Thanks for the link! Great to see how it all came to be. I particularly love the hovering instrumentation. Very ingenious. I like the readouts and the hover balance readout. Some good thinking there. It takes the place of an artificial horizon. I had a blast flying it last night around Edwards AFB. Because it is so light and holds its spot in the air, you can manuver between buildings and down roads very easily. The small rotor diameter allows you to get between narrow spots easily. I did make 2 repaints last night. Neon Blue and Porsche Red. May have to do a Yellow variant today. Nice work!

Update: Downloaded and I love this thing! Very well done. Easy to fly as well. Great for newbies that want to learn to fly a helo. This is hot!

Pretty cool little helo! Great to see something new and fresh and not just a copy of existing aircraft. Nice....!

Very nice....! That was a great movie. I think of it often.

Just went to the website and found some pretty nice pics of it. Shows a working HUD...

Looks nice! Yep... Good advice.